#AC4E37#AC4E37

#AC4E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.129 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4E37
RGB	rgb(172, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 36.84, 31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 48.72, 40.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1057 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.129 35)
XYZ	xyz(20.4291, 14.4978, 5.3363)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4E37 #3795AC

analogous

#AC375B #AC4E37 #AC8937

triadic

#AC4E37 #37AC4E #4E37AC

tetradic

#AC4E37 #5BAC37 #3795AC #8937AC

square

#AC4E37 #5BAC37 #3795AC #8937AC

split-complementary

#AC4E37 #37AC89 #375BAC

monochromatic

#4F2419 #7E3928 #AC4E37 #C96D57 #D89685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#AC4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AC4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4E37

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4E37	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.129 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb826e',
    500: '#ac4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4e37;
$custom-light: #cb826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.795,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53927,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.14495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4E37

secondary

#7DB4C2

accent

#BFDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4E37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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